U.S.-Poland Workshop on the Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation of Spatially Heterogeneous Ecological and Epidemiological Problems

这项美国-波兰合作研究奖是为1998年6月21日至26日在波兰扎科帕内举行的数学生物学研讨会颁发的。美国的主要研究人员是休斯顿大学的威廉·e·菲茨吉本博士和莱斯大学的马立克·金梅尔博士。波兰方面的首席研究员是波兰科学院环境工程研究所副所长Jerzy Golubowicz博士。研讨会的目标是建立一个国际合作研究计划。研讨会将汇集来自美国的应用数学家和理论生物学家，以及来自波兰和中东欧（白俄罗斯、波希米亚、保加利亚、匈牙利、立陶宛、波兰、罗马尼亚、斯洛伐克和乌克兰）的野外生物学家、人口生物学家和环境学家。欧洲特遣队将包括收集关于哺乳动物疾病的分布和动态及其传播的实地数据的个人，以及设法控制致病生物体传播的个人。该地区既包括未受破坏的自然栖息地，也包括前所未有的工业污染地区。数学建模和模拟正在成为一种越来越有用的方法，用于了解病原体和疾病的传播、评估污染物的影响、预测其未来走向和评价补救措施是否适当。这项应用数学（数学生物学）的研究实现了将美国和波兰的顶尖专家聚集在一起的项目目标，在平等、互惠和互利的基础上，在共同感兴趣和能力强的领域结合互补的努力和能力

INT-9802770FitzgibbonThis U.S.-Polish Cooperative Research award is for a workshop on mathematical biology to be held in Zakopane, Poland, from June 21 to 26, 1998. The principal investigators for the U.S. are Dr. William E. Fitzgibbon of the University of Houston and Dr. Marek Kimmel of Rice University. The principal investigator for the Polish side is Dr. Jerzy Golubowicz, Vice Director of the Institute of Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The objective of the workshop is to establish an international collaborative research program. The workshop will bring together applied mathematicians and theoretical biologists from the U.S. with field biologists, population biologists, and environmentalists from Poland and Central Eastern Europe (Belarus, Bohemia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine). The European contingent will include individuals gathering field data on the distribution and dynamics of mammalian diseases and the spread and individuals seeking to control the spread of pathogenic organisms. The region includes both unspoiled natural habitats and areas of unprecedented industrial pollution. Mathematical modeling and simulation are becoming an increasingly useful methodology for understanding the spread of pathogens and diseases and assessing the impact of pollutants and predicting their future course and evaluating the adequacy of remedial measures. This research in applied mathematics (mathematical biology) fulfills the program objectives of bringing together leading experts in the U.S. and Poland to combine complementary efforts and capabilities in areas of strong mutual interest and competence on the basis of equality, reciprocity, and mutuality of benefit.***